Proverbs 13:23:3Prov.13.23.W3TAB

רָאשִׁ֑ים

rashim

of poor people

Transliteration
ra-SHIM
Extended
rah-SHEEM
IPA
/raːˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
of poor people

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
רָא + שִׁ֑ים
ra + shim
rashim

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ra-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    NIR ra-SHIM

  3. clause

    RAV-O-khel NIR ra-SHIM

  4. sentence

    RAV-O-khel NIR ra-SHIM ve-YESH nis-PE be-LO mish-PAT

Exegesis

This is followed by the construct chain nîr rāšîm {נִיר רָאשִׁים | nîr rāšîm} ‘field of the poor’, where rāšîm in construct indicates possession.

In contextProverbs 13:23

There is much food in the plowed field of the poor, but it is swept away without justice .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 13:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 13:23, so the Hebrew word רָאשִׁ֑ים (rashim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.13.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.23.W3.S1) and character.